javelineer

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noun

A soldier who throws a javelin.

OriginMiddle French javelinier →
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Meanings

nounjavelineer (plural javelineers)

plural javelineers · alternative javelinier

  1. A soldier who throws a javelin.

    As it now is, the enemy outshoot and outsling us so far that the Cretan archers and our javelineers cannot reach them.

    1851, Henry William Herbert, The Captains of the Old World, page 34

Origin

  1. Middle Frenchjavelinier
  2. Englishjavelineer

From Middle French javelinier. By surface analysis, javelin + -eer.

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Translations

Ancient Greek ἀκοντιστής
  • ἀκοντιστής (akontistḗs)soldier who throws a javelin
Polish oszczepnik
  • oszczepniksoldier who throws a javelin
Portuguese lanceiro
  • lanceirosoldier who throws a javelin

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with javelineer

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APA

javelineer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/javelineer

MLA

“javelineer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/javelineer. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “javelineer,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/javelineer.

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